Pak is used as a family name or surname in North Korea. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Pak
No. of characters: 3
Origin: North Korea
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Pak

How popular is Pak?

Pak is common in North Korea.

Pak is ranked 231 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Paks grew by 9.810671 per cent to 10846 since 2000 and ranked 3308 after elevating 14 spots. The last name was found in around 37 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 92.02 91.5
White 3.78 4.74
Others 3.1 2.58
Hispanic or Latino 0.88 0.83
Pak is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in North Korea which signifies that it is originated from North Korea. Around 2051879 people have been found who wears Pak as their family name. Pak is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
3,712 Iceland10
18,072 Azerbaijan9
10,935 Armenia5
10,202 Egypt5
2,871 Iraq4
5,332 Estonia3
7,458 Bulgaria3
761 Brunei3
4,881 Oman3
20,541 Peru3
20,186 Kenya2
8,995 Uganda2
31,767 Greece2
14,004 Hungary2
12,172 Ghana2
10,183 Jordan2
3,670 Mozambique2
6,103 Cyprus2
53,033 Nigeria1
846 American Samoa1
12,270 Lebanon1
9,116 Nicaragua1
16,073 Latvia1
10,958 Bangladesh1
6,820 Angola1
7,847 Albania1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
123,175 Tanzania1
2,196 Liberia1
16,283 Lithuania1
12,741 Ecuador1
6,149 Ethiopia1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
2,057 Myanmar1
19,810 Croatia1
8,268 Mauritius1
734 Chad1
1,179 Swaziland1
18,969 Wales1
7,314 Bolivia1
29,774 Venezuela1
6,688 Malawi1
15,162 Costa Rica1
6,967 Macedonia1
12,745 Luxembourg1
36,814 Romania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
11,040 Scotland39
13,286 Moldova37
9,524 Portugal37
18,843 Chile36
8,504 Ireland33
39,871 Czech Republic30
2,715 Japan27
838 Guam24
28,338 Norway20
23,914 Denmark20
14,940 Georgia16
23,990 Serbia11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
18,065 Belgium97
11,321 Israel94
12,684 Switzerland90
8,144 New Zealand88
665 China84
56,973 South Africa73
9,536 Finland72
12,039 Colombia70
4,367 Qatar58
39,320 Spain55
18,409 Sweden51
Countries with hundreds of Pak:
4,677 Canada956
7,078 Poland859
616 Singapore792
692 Taiwan579
5,928 Saudi Arabia577
5,211 Netherlands518
25,757 Brazil477
6,160 Australia472
20,978 France465
27,752 Philippines451
13,711 England430
4,091 Belarus370
15,335 Algeria357
239 Macau295
14,022 Mexico288
17,962 Morocco268
429 Thailand240
5,126 Austria236
4,770 United Arab Emirates206
46,207 Italy168
2,819 Slovenia153
36,751 Argentina134
3,092 Kuwait122
Countries with thousands of Pak:
1,446 Iran8,188
408 Cambodia6,254
593 Malaysia5,868
139 Hong Kong5,149
12,241 India3,810
1,703 Ukraine3,045
5,724 Indonesia2,409
278 Kyrgyzstan2,338
526 Tajikistan2,133
308 Turkmenistan1,934
1,404 Vietnam1,391
7,506 Germany1,278
Countries with ten thousands of Pak:
81 South Korea38,282
581 Pakistan35,328
602 Russia27,072
7 Kazakhstan24,161
3,287 United States12,244
1,062 Turkey10,761
Countries with hundred thousands of Pak:
4 Uzbekistan147,439
Countries with millions of Pak:
3 North Korea1,702,128
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Pak Namesakes

  • Greg Pak, Film director
  • Thomas Pakenham, Historian
  • Afsaneh Pakroo, Actress
  • Guinness Pakru, Actor
  • Guinness Pakru, Actor
  • Taksaorn Paksukcharern, Actress
  • Aleksandra Pakhmutova, Musical composer
  • Alexei Pakhomov, Painter
  • Gregory Pakourianos, Politician
  • Aleksandra Pakhmutova, Musical composer
  • Hyo-shin Pak, from 1980 war movie Saebyol, who portrayed the N.
  • In 2019, Claudia Pak characterized the role of JB in comedy and fantasy movie Simbi_Xombies.
  • In 2016 comedy and romance flick, Ai da ka, Ronan Pak played Ryan Tam.

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